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FG Pays N200bn To Offset GENCOS’ Gas Bill - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 16, 2020
The Federal Government has in the past two to three days paid over 200 billion naira for power supply in Nigeria.
The Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mele Kyari, stated this at the Abuja headquarters of the Federal Ministry of Power after a meeting with the Minister of Power, Sale Mamman.
Also, the Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors, the umbrella body for Discos, has said the proposed two-month free electricity for customers announced by power distribution companies recently will cost a total of about 120 billion naira.
The NNPC boss stated that the payment would adequately help in settling the indebtedness of power generation firms to gas companies.
He noted that gas supply for power generation had been increased by NNPC, adding that issues around power supply process were being resolved.


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FG Places Emphasis On Advancing Health Of Nigerians- Osinbajo - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 17, 2022
Osinbajo made this known in Abuja during the Launch of the Lancet Nigeria Commission: Investing in Health and the Future of the Nation organised by University College London supported by its local partner, Nigeria Health Watch.
According to him, the Federal Government has put Primary Health Care at the heart of reform efforts.
Osinbajo also expressed joy at the report put together by Nigerians which established the indisputable linkage between health investment and socio-economic development.
He said that the report proposed a new social contract centred on health to address Nigeria’s need to define the relationship between the citizen and the state.
Osinbajo maintained that the report further recommended prevention to be at the heart of health policy, given Nigeria’s young population, requiring a whole-of-government approach and community engagement.

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FG Plans Ban On ‘Ponmo’ To Revive Leather Industry - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 20, 2022
Director-General, Nigerian Institute of Leather and Science Technology, NILEST, Zaria, Muhammad Yakubu said this in Abuja.
NILEST was set up to promote leather production as provided in the Agricultural Research Institute Act of 1975.
The institute conducts research the production and products of leather and the utilisation of local tanning materials in the country.
Yakubu, who said the litigation was necessary to revive the comatose leather industry in the country, said the habit of eating animal skin, which has no nutritional value, should be stopped to save the industry and boost the nation’s economy. The Director-General added that the institute, in collaboration with stakeholders in the industry, would approach the national assembly and state governments to bring out legislation banning “ponmo” consumption

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FG Plans Performance-Based Salary Scheme For Workers. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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The Director-General of the National Productivity Centre, Nasir Raji-Mustapha, disclosed this during a meeting with Labour correspondents.
The proposal aims to create powerful financial incentives to boost worker output and efficiency as a way to catalyze greater economic growth in Africa’s largest economy.
The new pay-for-performance model would require employers to meticulously track data on individual employees’ output and productivity against specific benchmarks and targets.
Workers who exceed those goals could see salary increases, while those who miss the marks risk stagnant wages or even pay cuts.
Administration officials argue such a model is sorely needed to shake up Nigeria’s sluggish productivity growth and create a pay structure aligned with a competitive, high-performance workforce.

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FG Pledges Digital Empowerment For Women In Business - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 17, 2023
The Minister of State for Industry, Trade, and Investment, Mariam Katagum, said this on the commemoration of the 2023 International Women’s Day celebration organised by the Nigerian Association of Small and Medium Enterprises.
The minister said the theme of the event, ‘DigitAll: Innovation and technology for gender equality’ was most appropriate considering the current global realities, adding that technology had enhanced lives from better communication and facilitation to help connectivity.
She further noted the event serves as an important reminder of the immense potential that digital transformation holds for accelerating gender equality and women’s empowerment.
While reiterating the importance of the internet, Katagum underscored the need for more investments geared toward increasing women’s and girls’ digital literacy and familiarity with technology.
She said this would enable them to participate effectively in the digital economy and gain access to digital services such as education, healthcare, and online banking.


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FG Pledges Support For Indigenous Cure Of Covid-19 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 21, 2021
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Ogbonnaya Onu, said this at a meeting with stakeholders on effectiveness of COVID-19 herbal remedies and natural compounds, in Abuja.
The Minister expressed optimism that with the number of professionals Nigeria have and adequate support, the country would solve the COVID-19 problem.
He explained that the Federal Government was committed to finding indigenous solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has remained a substantial threat to health and economy of the country.
Onu recalled that on February 13, 2020, two weeks before the first case of the COVID-19 was detected in Nigeria, he had called on those who have inventions, herbal products or natural compounds for coronavirus infection to come forward.
He said that the ministry had received and studied several submissions, adding that a lot of the products were likely to be useful in the management of COVID-19.

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FG Pledges To Support Potato, Root Crops Initiatives, To Enhance Production, Processing - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 19, 2021
In a statement, Chief Information Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Ezeaja Ikemefuna, quoted the Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mustapha Shehuri, as saying this at the first international Potato Value Chain and Roots Summit in Plateau State.
The theme of the summit was “Repositioning Potato and Root Crops Agribusiness in Plateau State issues, challenges and prospects”.
Shehuri said agriculture, being the focus of the Federal Government’s diversification agenda, deserves a better agro-financing to provide credit facilities to support the sector’s Value Chain activities.
He said the ministry would explore the opportunities and resources available to support subsequent initiatives that would boost Potato and other Root Crops Production and Processing.
The Minister said that some of the measures taken to tackle these challenges included the establishment of Tissue Culture Centre at the National Root Crop Research Institute Sub-station, Jos, Plateau state, to solve the seed problems.

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FG Pledges To Support Surgeons To Enhance Service Delivery - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 18, 2020
TheFederal Government says it would continue to support surgeons to boost theirkey role in quality healthcare delivery.
PresidentMuhammadu Buhari, who made the pledge in Abuja, at the 60th Annual Meeting andScientific Conference of West African College of Surgeons, WACS and Scientists,also commended surgeons’ exemplary commitment to duty over the years.
Buhjariwho was represented by the Minister of State for Health, Olorunnibe Mamora,said the implementation of the residency training Act of 2017 had helped thesurgical college to improve in its training viability.
Hesaid that WACS had excelled in the last six decade of its existence in itsprimary responsibility of training specialists.
President,West Africa Health Organisation, WAHO Stanley Okolo, asked for more support forthe organisation as the health sector was the most demanding in the West Africansub-region. According to him, the health sector is consuming about 25 per centof the annual budget of each country in West Africa.

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FG Pledges To Tackle Oil Spillage In Bayelsa - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 25, 2021
The minister made this known when he undertook an on-the-spot assessment of the oil spill site of the AITEO facility in Bayelsa state.
Sylva was joined on the inspection by Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission Gbenga Komolafe, and traditional ruler of Opu-Nembe Kingdom His Royal Highness, Biobelemoye Josiah, among others.
He noted that the spill was a serious environmental concern that needed urgent measures to curtail, noting that no stone would be unturned in dealing with the environmental problem.
According to him, so much damage has been done to the environment in the Niger Delta region and the government is very much concerned about the situation and will not allow further degradation of the environment.

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FG Prioritises Civil Security Cooperation In Humanitarian Interventions - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 7, 2019
PresidentMuhammadu Buhari says his administration accorded priority to improving civilsecurity cooperation to enhance humanitarian intervention in the northeast.
Buharimade this known in Maiduguri at the inauguration of a three-day InternationalWorkshop on Improving Civil Security Cooperation CISEC in humanitarianintervention in northeast.
Hesaid the workshop would provide opportunities for stakeholders to strategiesand deliberate on the most effective and efficient ways to address challengesin the implementation of humanitarian actions in the region.
Henoted that in many theaters of conflict across the globe, relationship betweenhumanitarian and security actors responding to humanitarian crisis was alwayswith mistrust and misunderstanding.
TheMinister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development,Sadiya Faruk, said that when civil security relations were poorly managed,humanitarian action might be compounded by other security problems.

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FG Probes 17 Firms Over Breach Of Customers’ Private Data, Hikes Fines - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 1, 2022
This was disclosed in the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation Performance Report 2020-2021, which was launched by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami.
The report further disclosed that seven investigations were concluded and sanctions were imposed on three entities.
It was also disclosed that the number of ongoing investigations on alleged data breaches rose from 15 in 2020 to 17 in 2021, while the number of investigations concluded rose from one in 2020 to seven in 2021.
In addition, the amount of fines issued rose from 1 million naira in 2020 to 15 million in 2021.
The report further shows NITDA that was partnering with key stakeholders to ascertain appropriate sanctions for different kinds of violations of the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation.

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FG Probes Online Banks Over Breach Of Customers’ Data Privacy - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 25, 2022
The Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency, Kashifu Inuwa, who made this known in Abuja, said the agency was working with the Nigeria Police Force and other relevant agencies to investigate several lending platforms, popularly called loan shark platforms.
He said this while addressing journalists ahead of the National Privacy Week 2022.
Amidst outcry of data invasion by Nigerians against lending platforms, NITDA had imposed a fine of 10 million naira on Soko Loan for data breach last August.
In November 2021, NITDA partnered with the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission to address the increasing rates of data privacy abuse by money lending organisations, particularly fintech firms.
Also, an ICT expert and Senior Partner at e86 Limited, Olugbenga Odeyemi, said some of the lending platforms were desperate to recover their loans, but it was unfair to breach their customers’ data privacy.

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FG Puts Appointment Of New NDDC Board On Hold – Buhari - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 29, 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari says the appointment of a new board for the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC has been put on hold.
Buhari stated this in a letter addressed to thePresident of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, and read at the plenary session by Lawan.
He stated that he had directed that a forensic auditof the commission be carried out and supervised by the interim management ofthe commission.
Also, the senate president, Ahmad Lawan, read at theplenary session, a letter from Buhari, seeking the confirmation of senate forappointment of Kingsley Obiora as Deputy Governor of Central Bank of NigeriaCBN.
Lawan also said the senate would debate extensivelyon the current security situation in the country on the next legislative day.

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FG Ramps Up Work On Siemens Power Deal, Set To Reach 40m Nigerians With Reliable Electricity - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 1, 2022
In addition, the contract which would see the eventual ramp up of the country’s generation capacity to 25,000 megawatts, the government stated, would create at least 11,000 direct and indirect jobs.
Speaking at the commencement of the PPI training on network development studies, by FGN Power Company, the firm overseeing the Siemens power project, in Abuja, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said the unveiling of the training session was a milestone under the initiative.
She assured that the collaborative effort with the implementing partner, Siemens, on the PPI was on track to bring positive change to the power sector.
Commenting, the Project Director, Siemens Energy, Nigeria, Sean Manley, said Siemens had brought in trainers from Germany, explaining that the company would not relent until the different phases were executed.


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FG Ready To Collaborate With NDVC To Actualise Diaspora Voting – Osinbajo - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 19, 2020
The Federal Government says it is ready to work closely withthe Nigeria Diaspora Voting Council, NDVC to actualise the participation ofdiasporas in the country’s elections.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, stated this at a Stakeholders’Workshop organised by the council, with a view to addressing the votingchallenges faced by diasporas during elections.
Osinbajo, who was represented by the Special Adviser toPresident Muhammadu Buhari on Political Matters, Babafemi Ojudu, said thepresent administration had endorsed diaspora voting without any reservations.
He noted that Nigerians in diaspora contributed greatly tothe country’s economic growth with their resources and were playing asignificant role in the country’s journey toward development.
Responding, the Chairman, Nigerians in the DiasporaCommission NIDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa commended the dedication, commitment, andpassion of the Chairman of NDVC, Prince Ade Omole, in the bid to make diasporavoting a reality in the future.

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FG Ready To Deploy More Technology To Advance Aviation Security –FAAN MD - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 29, 2021
The Managing Director, Federal Airports of Nigeria FAAN, Rabiu Yadudu made the declaration at the national Aviation Security Day and Awards 2021, in Abuja, under the theme: “Professional work force: Pre-requisite for building an effective security culture.”
The event aimed at promoting security culture at airports across the country, in line with the International Civil Aviation Organisation ICAO’s declaration of the year 2021, as the year of security culture.
Yadudu said such move by the government would help it improve on its strategies to curb insecurity in the aviation industry.
Yadudu added that the objective of Civil Aviation Security was to assure the safety of passengers, crew, ground personnel, general public, aircraft and facilities of an airport serving civil aviation, against acts of unlawful interference perpetrated on ground or in flight.

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FG Recommits To Support Local Production Of Essential Medicines - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 30, 2021
The Director, Federal Department of Agriculture FDA, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development FMARD, Karima Babangida, said this in Enugu during a stakeholders’ meeting.
The theme of the meeting was “Production and Commercialisation of Artemisia Annua for Income Generation, Job Creation, Food and Health Benefits”.
The director was represented by the Deputy Director, Horticulture, FMARD, Omotosho Agbani.
The compound is used for the production of Artemisinin Combination-based Therapy ACT malaria drugs.
Karima said that the meeting was aimed at bringing together critical stakeholders in the Artemisia value chain to discuss their challenges and stimulate the growth of the industry.

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FG Reconstitutes Inter-Governmental Affairs Committee - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 6, 2019
The Federal Government has reconstituted and inaugurated 25-man Inter-Governmental Affairs Committee, IGAC to provide avenue for regular interface by all tiers of government.
TheSecretary to the Government of the Federation, who is also the leader of thecommittee, Boss Mustapha performed the inauguration on behalf of the FederalGovernment in Abuja.
Mustaphasaid the forum would also examine the Federal and State Governments’ operationswithin the context of the Federal system of Government. He explained that thecommittee was not new as such.
He said the committee had existed under the defunct Federal Ministry of Special Duties and IGAC.
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In hisresponse on behalf of the committee members, Gabriel Aduda, PermanentSecretary, Economy and Political Affairs Office, Office of the Secretary to theGovernment of the Federation, gave assurance that the members would deliversatisfactorily on the terms of preference given to them.

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FG Recovers Billions From Corrupt Individuals – Sagay - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory CommitteeAgainst Corruption PACAC, Itsey Sagay says the Federal Government has recoveredbillions from corrupt Nigerians in the past four and half years.
Sagay, who made this known while fielding questionsfrom State House Correspondents in Abuja on Thursday, said the committee hadrecorded unprecedented progress in the fight against corruption across thecountry.
According to him, the proceeds of theanti-corruption fight are already being ploughed into the country’s treasury,where it is use to make life better for citizens.
He said judges up to the Supreme Court had alsobenefited from the anti-corruption training programme.
He also noted that the federal government hadsucceeded in blocking leakages and corrupt practices in the nation’s oilsector.
The PACAC Chairman warned those nursing the idea ofengaging in corrupt practices to have a re-think as modalities have been put inplace to detect and prosecute them.

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FG Recovers Over N3.7b Stolen NDDC Funds — Buhari - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 11, 2020
PresidentMuhammadu Buhari has said his government had so far recovered over 3.7 billionnaira as well as various assets worth billions of naira from contractors andformer directors of the Niger Delta Development Commission.
Buharisaid this while inaugurating the NDDC Advisory Committee, comprising the nineGovernors of the Niger Delta region and the Ministers of Niger Delta Affairsand Environment at the Council Chamber, State House, Abuja.
Buhari,who told the committee that the abuses of the past showed the need for strictand diligent oversight, going forward, charged them to discharge the newassignment diligently and effectively, working closely with the relevantministries.
Hesaid he looked forward to seeing positive changes in the affairs of theCommission as well as on the ground in the Niger Delta region.
Hesaid that his administration had in 2016 launched the “New Vision for the NigerDelta” to bring sustainable peace, security, infrastructure and human capitaldevelopment to the region with the hope that the goal would be achieved throughthe Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, NDDC and the Presidential AmnestyProgramme.


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FG Reiterates Commitment To Effective Implementation Of Ogoni Clean-Up - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 17, 2022
Minister of State for Environment, Sharon Ikeazor, stated this in a statement issued by Press Director in the ministry, Saghir el-Mohammed in Abuja.
Ikeazor, who said that the federal government would deliver its mandate effectively, added that the project would recover all the lost time in Ogoni land.
She said that the ministry, in collaboration with UNEP, would organise a retreat with critical stakeholders, comprising of members of the Board of Trustees.
The retreat, according to her, will hold in Abuja from March 17 and 19, adding that it will provide opportunity for UNEP to present the recommendations that was presented to the federal government in 2011.


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FG Reiterates Commitment To Improve Health Of Nigerian Children - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 30, 2022
The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire said this it at a workshop organised by the Pediatrics Association of Nigerian PAN, in collaboration with the American Academy of Pediatrics AAP in Abuja.
Ehanire said the workshop was on the dissemination of findings from the Human Centered workshop on “Improving the Demand, Delivery and Uptake of Routine Immunisation in Nigeria”.
Ehanire, who was represented by the Director and Head, Child Health Division in the ministry, Stella Nwosu, said that the Federal Government had introduced the Rotavirus vaccine into the existing Routine Immunisation.
According to him, the development is aimed at reducing the fatalities from diarrhoea caused by the virus.
The minister said that any decision or recommendations that made at the workshop would go a long way in helping Nigeria to formulate policies at a national level.


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FG Reiterates Commitment To Reactivating Inland Waterways Transportation - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 17, 2023
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, said this at the unveiling of the Navigational Charts of the power River Niger in Abuja.
Mustapha said that there was the need to really get back the mode of transportation on the inland waterways, so as to rekindle the trading activities that used to exist along the river Niger and Benue.
He commended the Nigerian Navy for providing the resources, persons and the platforms for the conduct of the chatting of the River Niger.
He also commended the Ministry of Transportation through National Inland Waterways Authority NIWA and other stakeholders for the professionalism they had exhibited.
He said the successful execution of the project locally, had saved the country huge foreign exchange, adding that all the charts in the past were done by foreign firms.


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FG Reiterates Commitment To Scale Up School Feeding Programmes - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 2, 2022
The Minister, Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Sadiya Umar-Farouq expressed the commitment at the commemoration of the 7th Africa Day for School Feeding in Abuja.
The theme for this year’s edition of the Africa Day of School Feeding is titled, “Nutrition and human capital development in Africa through increased investment in home-grown school feeding”.
According to Umar-Farouq, the theme is especially valid in Nigeria, since the Federal Government continues to commit resources to drive the implementation and expansion of the NHSGFP to achieve its desired objectives. She noted that the Programme was introduced in 2016 and was implemented under a Federal – State partnership, with the federal government providing the funding, technical support, coordination and oversight


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FG Reiterates Commitment To Women’s Economic Empowerment, Climate Change - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 27, 2022
The Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Aliyu Shehu -Shinkafi made the assertion during the 22nd Regular National Council on Women Affairs’ NCWA meeting  in Abuja.
The theme for the session is “Gender Inclusivity and Women Economic Empowerment: Making the Change Work for Women and Children.”
Shehu-Shinkafi said the ministry would continue to implement policies and programmes that would empower women economically to be financially independent and improve the nation’s economy.
He also encouraged organisations to partner with the ministry in providing affordable renewable energy, particularly cooking stove for rural dwellers that would tackle the reliance on firewood for cooking.
On the issue of Gender Based Violence GBV, the permanent secretary said one of the memoranda discussed during the 2021 NCWA agreed that all states should establish a situation room to address the menace.

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FG Relaxes Covid-19 Travel Protocol - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 13, 2022
Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, made the announcement on his official Twitter handle.
Sirika announced that government has abolished permission to travel QR code, Use of face masks is now discretionary and travel PCR tests are suspended, adding that Aviation will boom once again.
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, in a letter gave details of the revised travel protocol.
The letter, which was signed by the Director-General of NCAA, Musa Nuhu, was addressed to all aviation service providers.

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FG Releases 10 High-Yield Crop Varieties To Farmers To Enhance Food Sufficiency - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 23, 2023
Committee chairman, Soji Olufajo, announced the release during the 32nd Meeting of the National Committee on Naming, Registration and Release of Crops Varieties, Livestock Breed/Fisheries.
The meeting was held at the Conference Hall of the National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Moore Plantation, Ibadan.
Olufajo said 12 new varieties of three crops, namely Wheat, Potato and Maize, were submitted for consideration but 10 were recommended to the committee for registration and release.
The technical sub-committee on Naming, Registration and Release of Crops Varieties, had during its 36th meeting deliberated on the 12 varieties received.
They were received from three research institutions in the country, namely Lake Chad Research Institute Maiduguri, Borno; National Root Crops Research Institute Umudike, Abia and Institute of Agricultural Research and Training Ibadan.


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FG Releases Funds For 10 Large-Scale Intergrated Rice Mills – Minister - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 29, 2022
The Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mohammad Abubakar,  said this in Abuja at the fifth edition of the President Muhammadu Buhari Administration Scorecard 2015-2017 series.
The scorecard series is organised by the Ministry of Information and Culture to showcase the achievements of the administration in over seven years of being in office.
Presenting the achievements of his ministry, the minister said construction of the ten large-scale rice mills was part of the resolve of the administration for the country not only to be self-sufficient in the staple, but for export.
He said the location of the mills were Jigawa, Kano, Adamawa, Niger, Kaduna, Gombe, Ekiti, Ogun, Bayelsa States and the FCT.

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FG Releases N16.7bn For 2021 MDAS’ Pensions - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 30, 2021
In a statement the National Pension Commission, PenCom, said yearly report for 2020 posted on its website, the Federal Government released over 65, billion naira into the Retirement Benefits Bond Redemption Fund, RBBRF, account for the payment of accrued rights to retirees MDAs.
Also, according to PenCom, the government released 11.82 billion naira for payment of accrued pension rights of retirees under its MDAs in January.
According to PenCom, the settlement of the outstanding accrued pension rights of verified and enrolled Federal Government retirees and compliance with the reviewed rate of pension contributions are significant developments that have resolved the challenges in these aspects that have lingered since 2014.

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FG Reopens Eko Bridge, Begins Repair Of Airport Flyover - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 13, 2021
The Federal Government said it reopening the Eko Bridge, which had been under repairs, to traffic.
The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Olukayode Popoola, in a statement said the 10-week rehabilitation works on Eko Bridge was completed on schedule.
He also said traffic would be diverted for the rehabilitation of the burnt Lagos Airport flyover from today August 13.
He added that additional works to be carried out on the Eko bridge would not require closure.
The Eko Bridge was shut on 4 June, with traffic diverted for the second phase of the rehabilitation of the Costain-bound section of the bridge.
Popoola also said traffic diversion towards the rehabilitation of the burnt Airport flyover bridge in Lagos would begin from today until September 22.


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FG Repatriates Another Batch Of 107 Nigerians Stranded In Libya - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 26, 2021
Ambassador of Nigeria to Libya Kabiru Musa, said this in statement made available newsmen.
Musa said that the Nigerian mission in Libya had made it a priority to ensure no Nigerian was left stranded in Libya or subjected to inhuman treatment.
He  also appreciated the cooperation of the Libyan authorities for the successful evacuation exercise.
The mission had earlier evacuated 100 stranded Nigerians on August 13.


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FG Replies Afenifere, Says Farm Estates Not Ruga, Ranches - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 10, 2021
President Muhammadu Buhari had directed NALDA to establish integrated farm estates in all the 109 senatorial districts to boost food production across the country.
Pan-yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, had in a statement by its spokesman, Jare Ajayi, allegedly accused the federal government of attempting to bring back the rejected cattle colony and RUGA through the establishment of the farm estates.
However, the NALDA boss, who spoke to State House correspondents at Owerri International Cargo Airport, said it’s not another type or anything that has to do with Ruga.

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FG Restates Commitment To Bring Prosperity To Industry - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 28, 2019
The Federal Government has restated its commitmentto bring prosperity to the broadcast industry and move the sector forward.
The Minister of Information and Culture, LaiMohammed, gave the assurance in an address at the 5thAnnual Lecture of NigerianBroadcasting Commission NBC.
The theme of the lecture for this year is“Contemporary Challenges of the Nigerian State: Need for ConstructionBroadcast”.
He said some social media contents, mostlyunverified, found their way into the mainstream media and generated hate speechand fake news.
The minister urged the broadcast media toconstructively make use of social media contents with great sense of patriotismfor peace and unity.
The minister was represented at the lecture byDirector of Public Communication and National Orientation in the ministry,Priscilla Iheoma.
In his remark, the Director-General of NBC, IshaqModibbo-Kawu, urged broadcasters to extract maximum mileage from the lecture todeepen their sense of responsibility to the country.


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FG Restates Commitment To Ease Passport Availability For Nigerians - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 29, 2023
Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made the assertion at the inauguration of the Ilesa Passport Front Office and Production Centre, of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS in Osun state.
He noted that the surge in the number of applications necessitated the establishment of more passport front offices across the country, adding that this was born out of the determination of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to further make the process a seamless one.
The Minister also explained that passport application now takes six weeks to be produced after biometric data capture, while passport renewal takes three weeks.
Earlier in his remarks, the Controller-General, of the Service, Isah Jere Idris, lauded the leadership of the Ministry of Interior, in providing transformational leadership for the service. He added that in the last few years, there had been concerted efforts to ensure that Nigerians were able to easily access passport and other services, in guaranteeing internal security, in the most convenient way


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FG Restates Commitment To Enhance Self-Care Guidelines’ Adoption Nationwide - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 8, 2021
Director, Reproductive Health, Federal Ministry of Health Kayode Afolabi, stated this at a two-day orientation and data quality assessment on national self-care guidelines in Kano. He explained that the exercise was organized to improve quality sexual and reproductive health services in general, pointing out that self-care was simply making every individual responsive to his or her health needs.
Afolabi also advised the general public to position themselves to benefit from self-care, a shift in universal health coverage and a huge opportunity. He noted that the Ministry was working tirelessly to create awareness and channels of accessing self-care, aimed at uplifting the health status of the general populace.
In the same vein, the Country Director, Pathfinder International, Amina Aminu, who also spoke at the event, said that the exercise was an important step towards improving access and quality of sexual and reproductive health services in general.
On his part, Director, Public Health and Disease Control, in the Kano state Ministry of Health, Rajab Ashiru said self-care will help mothers, without them spending money.

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FG Restates Commitment To Restore Livelihood Of Poor, Vulnerable - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 16, 2023
Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba, gave the assurance at the maiden Ministerial Town-Hall meeting on the Nigeria Covid-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus, NG-CARES, which was held in Sokoto State.
Agba, who was represented by the Chairman, Federal Cares Technical Committee of NG-CARES, Aso Vakporaye, also reiterated the commitment of the Government to facilitate the recovery of the Small and Medium Enterprises, SMEs.
He assured that the Government would continue to deliver development to Nigerians even if it has only a few weeks to hand over to a new administration. Earlier, the Chairman, Federal Cares Technical Committee of NG-CARES, Aso Vakporaye, commended the Sokoto, Zamfara and Kebbi State governments for releasing funds to support the implementation of NG-CARES


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FG Restructures FHA Management For Effective Service Delivery - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 28, 2021
The Director of Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Boade Akinola, said this to newsmen in Abuja.
Boade said the objective of the new structure of the Authority is to enhance the implementation of the maintenance of FHA estates across the country.
According to her, this would generate new businesses and jobs in the construction industry in pursuance of the Federal Public Assets Maintenance policy approved by the Federal Executive Council.
The new structure of the Authority has the following departments: Estates Services, Housing, Finance and Accounts, Management Services, Project Implementation, Research and Innovation Development.
The director said the expansion of the Management of the Authority would bring a lot of advantages which include attraction of new investments in the construction of new estates across the country.
She added that it would also generate new jobs and businesses, in line with President’s promise of taking 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years.

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FG Revokes 11 Oil Mining Licences As Revenue Shrinks - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 8, 2020
The Federal Government has revoked the mining licences of about 11 oil and gas companies operating in the marginal fields.
A Source said the companies were served letters tohands off the assets.
The spokesman for the Department of PetroleumResources DPR, Paul Osu, who did not directly confirm the development, requestedtime to establish the truth.
But he justified any decision to terminate thelicences, stating that the companies had been offered enough time to turn theassets around.
Osu insisted that should the Federal Governmentrevoke the licences, it was in the best interest of Nigerians, particularly asthere was the urgent need to derive maximum value from available resources.
The licences were offered in 2013 and the companieswere expected to bring the fields into production in five years, but they wereoffered extension.
Some of the operators contacted declined comment,stating that they would need to convene their boards before taking a stand.


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FG Says Helicopter Landing Levy Cost Recovery Measure - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 14, 2024
This is contained in a statement by Odutayo Oluseyi, Head, Press and Public Affairs of the ministry in Lagos.
According to Oluseyi, the ministry recognises the importance of helicopter operations in Nigeria’s aviation industry and is committed to implementing international best practices in helicopter operations.
He said that the helicopter landing levies were commonplace in countries such as the U.S., the United Kingdom, India and various other regions worldwide.
He maintained that Tallahassee International Airport in Florida began implementing helicopter landing levies under Vector Airport Systems, since October 1, 2022.
Oluseyi said helicopter landing levies were common across airfields in the United Kingdom, ranging from major commercial ones,  to small general aviation fields.


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FG Says Importers, Exporters Will Benefit From Inland Dry Ports - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 1, 2023
Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, said this in a statement by his Director of Press and Public Relations, Henshaw Ogubike, in Abuja.
According to Sambo, the Inland Dry Ports Projects will help to decongest the seaports and take shipping and port services closer to importers and exporters in the hinterland.
The Minister called on national and international maritime practitioners, shippers, shipping companies, landlocked countries and port users to take full advantage of the Inland Dry Ports for imports and exports.
He said the Inland Dry Port initiative was conceived as part of Federal Government’s ports reform programme and would be sited at chosen locations across the country.

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FG Says Infected Nigerians Will Be Treated In China - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 27, 2020
The Federal Government says Nigeria’s citizens infected by the covid-19 would not be evacuated to the country, adding that they would receive treatment in their country of residence.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the positive cases could not wait till they were repatriated home before starting treatment, noting that this would be dangerous to their host community.
The ministry’s Spokesman, Ferdinand Nwonye stated while responding to questions from newsmen in Abuja on the planned evacuation of over 2,000 Nigerians abroad, some of whom have tested positive for COVID-19.
Nwonye added that those tested positive would be receiving treatment in China and are they going to wait till they are evacuated.
The number of Nigerians who tested positive for the coronavirus in Guangzhou, China, has risen to 74 and 10 others in the United Kingdom tested positive for the virus


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FG Says Insecurity Was Nigeria’s Biggest Challenge In 2021 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 30, 2021
He said this during a press conference to showcase the achievements of
the president, Muhammadu Buhari’s regime during the outgoing year
2021.
According to him, despite the long list of achievements by Buhari’s
regime, insecurity was a major challenge.
He, however, explained that the Armed Forces of Nigeria recorded some
successes using a combination of kinetic and non-kinetic operations,
coupled with a review of strategies.
This, he said, led to the neutralisation of over 1,000 terrorists, the rescue
of 2,000 civilians and the surrender of over 22,000 terrorists including
their families in the North-East.
He noted that many arms and ammunition were also recovered, adding
that several bomb-making factories of the terrorists were destructed.


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FG Says Inspection Failure Caused Dirty Fuel Imports, Prices Rise In States - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 21, 2022
It also explained that queues by motorists persisted in various filling stations in Abuja and neighbouring states of Nasarawa and Niger state, as well as in other locations across the country.
This is coming as the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Timipre Sylva expressed regrets over the importation of substandard petrol into the country and its attendant adverse impact nationwide.
His Senior Adviser, Media and Communications, Horatius Egua in a statement in Abuja, said the Minister blamed inspection failure as caused of petrol scarcity, as he apologise to Nigerians on behalf of the Federal Government.
Sylva however commended the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC Limited for showing concern to the plight of Nigerians by coming forward with an apology.
Meanwhile, the Coalition of Concerned Northern Forum has called on the Federal Government to sack the top management staff of the NNPC over the lingering fuel scarcity within 72 hours.
Chairman of Ibrahim Bature; and Spokesperson the group Abdulsalam Kazeem, in a statement jointly signed in Kaduna warned that the failure of the government to act would lead to mass protest.

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FG Says It Outlawed Criminality Of IMN, Not Freedom Of Worship - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 29, 2019
Presidencysays proscription of Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN has nothing to do withbanning the larger numbers of peaceful and law abiding Shi’ites in the countryfrom practicing their religion.
Astatement by the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and PublicityGarba Shehu however, said the banning was to discourage wanton violence, murderand willful destruction of public and private property.
Shehuexplained that contrary to the claim by the group that it had been banned frompracticing its religion, the Buhari administration had not banned Shiites fromobserving their five daily prayers and going to Mecca to perform the Holypilgrimage.
Accordingto the Spokesman, their position is blatantly false and deceptive.
Heexplained that everywhere in the world protesters operate within legalboundaries and conduct themselves peacefully without molesting others, orengaging in murder and killing of security personnel or destroying public and privateproperty.


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FG Says More Modular Refineries Coming Soon - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 3, 2019
The Federal Government says it expects more modular refinery operators who obtained licence to begin operations soon.
ActingDirector in the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, Ahmad Shakur, made thisknown while inspecting a modular refinery – the Niger Delta Petroleum Resources– facilities on Friday in Ahoada, Rivers.
Shakursaid the Federal Government was passionate about the success of modularrefineries in the nation’s oil and gas industry.
Shakurdisclosed that NDPR was the first marginal operator, first to acquire licencefor modular refinery and the first to commence production.
Thedirector said in spite of the recent protest by some community membersdemanding participation in the refinery, NDPR had so far maintained good relationshipwith its host community.
Addressingstaff at the DPR office in Port Harcourt, Shakur said the department hadrecently improved surveillance to curb illicit activities by some petroleummarketers.

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FG Says Nigeria’s Population Projection Scary, Needs Urgent Control - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 30, 2021
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, stated this in Abuja during a book launch.
Mustapha appreciated the author for his deep insight into issues of leadership in determining the effectiveness and efficiency of organizations, especially in physical and economic wealth, as captured in the book.
Mustapha further emphasized the need to develop Nigeria’s traditional medicine, adding that it would create employment, develop the nation’s pharmaceutical products, as well as improve its economy.
Earlier in his welcome address, Assistant Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi, eulogized Jatau for a job well done, stressing that the issues of health and environment could not be over-emphasized.

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FG Says No Economic Development Without Transportation - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 7, 2021
Osinbajo, represented by the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi said this at the 3 Annual National Transport Summit of the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria in Abuja.
The theme of the event is ”Regulating the Transport Sector in Nigeria: The State of the Art and the Years Ahead”.
While reiterating projects by the government in the sector, Osinbajo said the country could be a hub for West and Central African countries based on its location.
He noted that government’s investment in the sector was aimed at achieving this potential transport hub status.
According to the vice president, Nigeria can be truly great if every institution plays its part well.
He urged the institute to ensure it produced transport professionals that would drive the economy from the point of view of transport and logistics.

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FG Scraps DPR, PPPRA, PEF, Sacks CEOs, Inaugurates New Agencies - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 19, 2021
It also said while workers of the three agencies would be protected, their chief executives had been relieved of their various appointments.
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, stated this while speaking on the side-lines of the inauguration of the boards of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority and the Nigerian Upstream Regulatory Commission in Abuja.
He explained that with the passage of the Petroleum Industry Act, the NPRA and NURC had taken over the functions of the DPR, PPPRA and PEF.
He stated that the process for aligning the workers of the defunct agencies with the new regulatory bodies had already commenced, as the staff had to be rationalised.
He further stated that with the passage of the PIA into law, after spending over 20 years in the process, the coast was now clear for investors to fully invest in Nigeria’s oil sector.

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FG Secures 60 Nigerians Imprisoned In Tanzania - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 23, 2020
The Federal Government has finalized arrangement for the release of 60 out of the 73 Nigerians imprisoned in Tanzania.
Head, Media and Public Relations Unit, Nigeria in Diaspora Commission, Abdur-Rahman Balogun says these Nigerians were imprisoned on different charges.
According to the Commission’s spokesman, their repatriation was made possible by the Nigerian ambassador to Tanzania.
Balogun who said this through a statement in Abuja, noted that ever before COVID-19 pandemic, the Nigerian Mission had been working on repatriation of Nigerian prisoners in Tanzania.
He also noted that most of the convicts are arrested for alleged drug-related offences, while a few of the offences bordered on immigration law violations.
He explained that the mission had been visiting other custodial facilities in Tanzania to check other Nigerians who may be serving jail terms, adding that it had also canvassed for amnesty for the prisoners on account of the COVID-19 pandemic.


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FG Seeks Foreign Investors In Solid Minerals Sector Development - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 30, 2021
Minister of State, Mines and Steel Development Uchechukwu Ogah, made this known in a statement issued by Etore Thomas, Director, Press and Public Relations on Monday in Abuja.
Ogah, who spoke at the ongoing Dubai World Expo 2021, said that the Federal Government wants foreign investor’s involvement in mining to improve its economy.
The theme of the event, “Investment in the Nigerian Gold Sector: Opportunities in the Gold Value Chain”.
He said that the Emirate had assured the Federal Government to ensure appropriate deployment of the funds, when Agreement is signed.
Ogah said that the Expo, with participants from over 200 countries, provided the opportunity to showcase the potentials of Nigerian minerals on Dubai soil with special emphasis on gold and other precious minerals abundant in Nigeria.
He noted that the need for the diversification of Nigeria economy has become more compelling now in the post COVID-19 era.


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FG Seeks Partnership With NSE To Resolve Power, Energy Challenges - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 17, 2022
Aliyu, made the call while delivering a keynote at the first Ademola Isaac Olorunfemi Colloquium in Lagos.
The event was organized by the Ikeja Branch of NSE as part of activities to mark its 2022 Engineering Week, in honour of Olorunfemi, a former President of the Society.
He said the expertise of engineers was needed towards achieving Goal 7 which focused on Affordable, Reliable, Sustainable and Modem Energy for all.
President of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, NSE Tasiu Gidari-Wudil, represented by Margaret Oguntala, described Isaac Olorunfemi as an expert who contributed immensely to infrastructure development in the nation. Earlier, Chairman, NSE, Ikeja Branch, Olutosin Ogunmola, said he was glad to anchor the first colloquium to honour Olorunfemi for being instrumental to completion of national projects.


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FG Seeks Partnership With VON As It Ends Fuel Subsidy - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 15, 2023
Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed who said this when she visited VON office in Abuja said it was important for the agency and other media organisations to help sensitise Nigerians on the need to end subsidy.
According to her, ending fuel subsidy will enable government to use funds meant for it for developmental projects among other benefits.
She said that the removal of subsidy which would be formally announced by President Muhammadu Buhari before he handed over power, would begin in June.
According to her, economic hardship and the elections are among factors responsible for the delay.
Earlier, the Director-General of VON, Osita Okechukwu thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for assisting the agency in the discharge of its duties.
He said the agency, among other things, was able to secure a befitting permanent office through the president’s intervention.


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FG Seeks Stakeholders Support For Mine Action Victims - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 29, 2023
Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities, NCPWD, James Lalu, made plea when he received a delegation from the Humanitarian Mine Action Committee and the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining,in Abuja.
He noted that the 2006 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities provided a framework for the implementation of Victims’ Assistance in regards to survivors.
According to Lalu, Article 11 and 12 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities captured the Rights of Persons with Disabilities resulting from mines and explosives.
He also called the Humanitarian Mine Action Committee and the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining to generate accurate and comprehensive data of victims of mine action, with a view to addressing their plights.
Valon Kumnova, of the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining, challenged the committees to be resilient and committed to assisting the victims of war as well as persons with disabilities.


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FG Seeks Understanding Over Partial Closure Of Marine Bridge - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 16, 2022
The Acting Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Forosola Oloyede, made the appeal in a telephone interview with newsmen.
Oloyede said the rehabilitation of the bridge being done in phases, was important to safeguard lives and the infrastructure.
She said worn out expansion joints and bearings on the bridge would be replaced while the Corbel would be repaired.
Corbel is the weight carrying portions of a bridge built deeply into the walls to absorb pressure of load on a bridge.
However, she said the last phased rehabilitation was done between January and March and the ministry had repaired alternative routes turning down to Mobil Filling Station and ramping up back to Marine Bridge again.


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FG Sends 6-Man Delegation To Zamfara, Says Recent Killings Extremely Unfortunate - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 13, 2022
President Buhari reiterated his earlier commitment to tackle the monster of terrorism head on, assuring that the terror will not survive for much longer.
The president gave the assurance in a statement by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, following a condolence visit to Zamfara State by a six-man presidential delegation led by Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi.
Speaking during the visit by the presidential delegation, Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State said there was an urgent need for review of the military’s anti-terrorism strategy with the introduction of modern equipment and technology. President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, also expressed concern over the escalating killing of innocent citizens by bandits in many parts of the country

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FG Set To Commission Kajola Rolling Stock Plant –Sambo - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 18, 2022
Sambo said this during an inspection tour to all standard gauge facilities between Lagos and Ibadan.
He said that the establishment of the rolling stock station would create room for knowledge transfer which would enable Nigerians to learn how to build the wagons.
Recall that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had performed the Official Ground Breaking Ceremony for the construction of the plant in Kajola, in 2019, describing it as not just another event, but a historic turning point.
Sambo also revealed that he had visited the Comptroller General of Customs, Hameed Ali, to discuss on a number of issues affecting the completion of the last two tracks that linked the seaport to bring cargo out of the ports.

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FG Set To Train 3000 In Various Skills Across Lagos - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 30, 2022
The Federal Government restated its commitment to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty by 2030, following the ongoing launch of its Project T-MAX initiative in seven states in the country.
Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Education Interventions, Fela Bank-Olemoh, stated this in Lagos.
He spoke when he paid a courtesy visit to the Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Folashade Adefisayo, to intimate her with the proposed training which would start from next month till the end of the year.
According to him, the Project T-MAX is a Technical and Vocational Education and Training programme,  approved by the National Steering Committee on National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy.
Bank-Olemoh said that the key objective of the initiative was to deploy a transparent, functional and sustainable TVET framework that would equip 15,000 people across seven pilot states.
It is expected to equip them with technical and vocational skills, needed to be self- employed and reliant.
He listed Kaduna and Lagos as  pilot states where the programme had been launched, noting that the team planned to be in Ogun on Wednesday and Nasarawa and other remaining states by next week.


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FG Sets December 1st Deadline For Civil Servants To Take Covid-19 Vaccine - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 14, 2021
Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, announced this at a briefing in Abuja.
He also revealed that the government has removed South Africa, Brazil, and Turkey from the list of countries where travellers have been restricted from coming into Nigeria as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mustapha explained that the government took the decision to lift the ban following an emergency meeting held before the briefing.
He also commended the United Kingdom for reviewing its travel protocols which allowed fully vaccinated travellers from Nigeria to enter the country without having to self-isolate after their arrival.

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FG Shops For 11 New Permanent Secretaries - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 31, 2019
Federal Government has begun the process for theappointment of eleven new permanent secretaries.
The acting Head of the Civil Service of theFederation, Folashade Yemi-Esan, announced this in a circular.
She said this was sequel to the presidentialapproval for the appointment of one permanent secretary from each of thesix-geopolitical zones.
It also said that another five permanent secretarieswere to replace those from Niger, Borno, Kebbi, Kwara, and Ogun States forretirement in early 2020.

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FG, Stakeholders Partner To Tackle Challenges In Animal Feed Industry - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 13, 2023
Chief Information Officer, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Anthonia Eremah, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammad Abubakar,  said this at the 2nd National Animal Feed Summit in Abuja.
Abubakar said that the theme of the summit, Harnessing Alternative Feed Resources for Sustainable Animal Feed Supply, aligned with the aspirations and agenda of the Federal Government to improve the Animal Feed Policy.
He said the theme also aligned with Federal Government’s agenda to improve the Feed Value Chain, Feed Quality Control and Safety, National Strategic Feed Reserve amongst others.


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FG, Stakeholders Take “Check Am O!” TB Campaign To Abuja Streets - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 23, 2023
The 2023 World Tuberculosis Day which is observed every year on March 24, is with theme:”Yes! We can end TB”.
Speaking at the launch of the campaign, the Director, National Programmatic Drug-resistant TB at the Ministry of Health, Ahmad Ozi said, the awareness was necessary in view of the fact that the 2030 target of eliminating TB in the country was no longer visible.
Ozi said out of the 400 new TB cases that were detected in 2022, only 280 cases were notified in the country.
Ozi said the walk is holding in the 36 states including local government areas.
Also speaking, the deputy project director for tuberculosis and malaria at BreakThrough Action Nigeria, Bolatito Aiyenigba noted that many Nigerians were not aware of free TB testing and treatment programmes.


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FG, States, LGCS Share N739.96bn For Sept - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 29, 2021
According to a statement from Deputy Director Information, Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning Oshundun Olajide, the meeting was held through a Virtual Conference.
However, the oil producing states received 54.206 billion naira as derivation,13 per cent of Mineral Revenue.
The communique issued after the meeting indicated that the Gross Revenue available from VAT for September was 170.850 billion naira distributed in the preceding month, resulting in a decrease of 7.659 billion naira.
The communique further revealed that Petroleum Profit Tax PPT, Oil and Gas Royalties and Excise Duty increased significantly, while Import Duty and VAT and Companies Income Tax CIT, decreased marginally.
It, however, disclosed that total revenue distributable for the current month was inclusive of Gross Statutory Revenue of 577.765 billion naira, VAT of 159.096 billion naira, and Exchange Gain of 3.104 billion naira.

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FG Still Paying Lecturers With Ippis —ASUU - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 13, 2024
National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Emmanuel Osodeke, who made the known in an interview, complained that the government had yet to implement its pledge to remove tertiary institutions from the Integrated Payroll and IPPIS platform.
He also confirmed that the January salary was paid through IPPIS.
It will be recalled that in December 2023, the FG announced that tertiary institutions including universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education had been exempted from the platform.

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FG Stops Cash Payments To NIPOST Offices - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 7, 2019
The Federal Government has orderedimmediate termination of all cash payments in all Nigeria Postal ServicesNIPOST.
The Minister of Communications andDigital Economy, Isa Pantami who announced this in a statement in Abuja said some members of staff of NIPOST have been taking undue advantage ofthe cash payment system of the service to engage in corrupt practices.
He enjoined the public and NIPOSTcustomers to insist on Point of Sales, POS or bank teller transactions, whenconducting business with NIPOST.
Pantami also directed the Post MasterGeneral to ensure implementation of strategies that would bring an end tounnecessary delays in its service delivery to customers. According to theMinister, the directive is a temporary measure to tackle corruption in thesystem.

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FG Strengthens Private Sector Participation Towards Mass Housing — PS - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 21, 2021
Hussaini said this at the ongoing 10th meeting of the National Council on Land, Housing and Urban Development which held at Ikeja, Lagos State.
The theme of the annual programme was: “Housing Development as a Catalyst for Job Creation, Social Inclusion and Economic Development”.
He revealed that the ministry has embarked on affordable mass housing nationwide, adding that, the projects were positively impacting the national economy through creation of direct and indirect jobs.
The Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Idris Salako, said the state government had created an enabling environment to encourage investments in real estate sector.

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FG Suspends Seven Officers, Personnel Of Correctional Service Over Electrocution Of Inmates - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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The Federal Government has suspended seven senior officersand one junior personnel of the Nigerian Correctional Service over theelectrocution of five inmates of the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Ikoyi,Lagos.
The suspension was approved by the Board of the CivilDefence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Service under the Federal Ministryof Interior, the Controller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service, JaafaruAhmed, announced on today.
A statement signed on behalf of the Controller General byFrancis Enobore, noted that the affected officers were placed on suspension toallow unfettered investigation into the matter.
Enobore who is the spokesman of the service said thesuspension was contained in a document signed by the Secretary of the Board,Hassan Yakmut.

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FG Tasks Youths On Reading Culture - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 21, 2023
Adejo gave the advice at the launch of the 2023 Readership Promotion Campaign organised by the National Library of Nigeria, in Abuja.
The 2023 Readership Promotion Campaign is taking place in all the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory FCT with the theme: “Read your way to the top”.
The permanent secretary, who expressed concern over the poor reading culture among Nigerian children, regretted that half of the adults in Nigeria hardly read books.
According to him, the Annual Readership Promotion Campaign is a way of moving the nation forward economically, socially and politically. Speaking earlier, the National Librarian/Chief Executive Officer of the NLN, Chinwe Anunobi, said that the 2022 readership campaign impacted over 4,000 individuals


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FG Threatens To Sanction Oil Marketers Contravening Weights, Measures Act - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 24, 2022
Adebayo issued the warning, in Lagos, during a meeting with petroleum products marketers under the aegis of Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria and the Petroleum Product Depot Owners Association.
Adebayo, represented by a Director at the Department of Weights and Measures, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Hassan Ejibunu, said the department was very critical to the operations of the oil and gas sector.
He said it was the department’s responsibility to ensure that the instruments used for trade, oil and non-oil, are fit for use for trade transactions.
According to him, this was with the ultimate aim of preventing the short changing of both the sellers and the buyers, by ensuring transparency, equity and fairness.

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FG To Address Plight Of Street Children Through Sports — Uwais - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 24, 2021
Special Adviser to the President on Social Investments Maryam Uwais announced this while addressing participants at the opening ceremony of a training programme for Coaches in Abuja. The event is a three-day training programme for 20 sports coaches drawn from five states and four nominated by the Federal Government will act as monitors.
Tagged “Line Up, Live Up training for coaches” LULU, the programme is being facilitated on the platform of the At-Risk-Children Programme ARC-P, an initiative of the Office of the Vice President.
States benefiting from the first phase of the training programme are Kaduna, Gombe, Ekiti, Sokoto and Borno. It is directly supervised by the Special Adviser to the President on Social Investments, with support from the UN Office on Drugs and Crimes UNODC.
Maryam said the coaching course was one of the many interventions of the ARC-P initiative of the Federal Government geared towards addressing the cross-cutting concerns of children at risk, thereby providing them with a life of dignity.


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The Vice president, who was represented by the Secretary of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, said this at the 4th 2021 Nigerian Diaspora Investment Summit held at the Congress Hall, the Presidential Villa, in Abuja.
The summit was organised by the Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission NiDCOM, in collaboration with the Federal Government and the Nigeria Diaspora Summit Initiative, under the theme: “Partnership and linkages for post-COVID economic growth”.
He said that the Federal Government had designed a programme to transform agriculture and scale up productivity in Nigeria called the Green Imperative Nigeria-Brazil Bilateral Development Programme.

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FG To Close Energy Gap Through Rural Electrification Agency– Minister - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 3, 2023
The Minister of State Power, Goddy Jedy-Agba said this at the 2023 Rural Electrification Agency’s Management and Board Retreat in Abuja.
Agba said that renewable energy was the quick solution to bridge the electricity gap in the nation, adding that was why the Federal Government planned to continue to optimize it.
According to him, Rural Electrification Agency is fundamental in the power sector.
He said the Agency was tasked with such a critical mandate, there is a need to strengthen the pillars of service delivery continuously.
Jedy-Agba said that the agency was undertaking a series of reforms to enhance the workforce, improve the institutional systems, and pursue innovative programming strategies.

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FG To Collaborate With Professional Bodies On Capacity Development – Adesina - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina stated this when he received members of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria CIPM, led by its President, Olusegun Mojeed, at the State House, Abuja.
He recounted that at the just concluded two-day mid-term Ministerial Performance Review Retreat, the president had directed all Ministers and Permanent Secretaries to promote a robust performance culture in their areas of jurisdiction.
Earlier, the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria President, who was accompanied by members of the Executive Council, had expressed the willingness of the Institute to collaborate with the federal government on human capacity development.
He commended the Buhari administration for on-going work on the Bodo-Bonny road, saying residents of the Niger Delta region and other road users in the area had started using the accessible part of the road, thereby easing their travel burden.

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FG To Collaborate With Republic Of Korea In Tackling Unemployment - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 23, 2022
Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said this while receiving the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea in Nigeria, Kim Young-Chae in Abuja.
Ngige said the era of white collar jobs was no more, that blue collar jobs were now being created, especially in the technical field and agriculture.
He urged the Republic of Korea to assist Nigeria in agriculture, which has enormous capacity to boost the foreign exchange base of the country.
Ngige said that the collaboration would explore opportunities in the agriculture sector and help in jobs creation and ease off the unemployment pressure in the country, especially among the youth and women.
Earlier, Kim Young-Chae expressed his intention to increase Trade and Investment of Republic of Korea in Nigeria.

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FG To Construct 3,000-Capacity Custodial Centres Nationwide – Aregbesola - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made this known while delivering a keynote address at the Ministry’s 2nd Annual strategic retreat, in Ilorin.
The theme of the retreat is “Developing Internal Security and Public Safety towards a Five Year Strategic Plan for Accelerated National Development’.
Aregbesola said work on some of the custodial facilities in Kano, Rivers and FCT had reached advanced stages of completion.
The minister said the government had also commenced the re-training of officers of the Nigeria Correctional Service, to enable them respond swiftly to external attacks on custodial centres in the country.
He pledged that the ministry would continue to provide the right leadership and policy direction for the service and other agencies under it, to enable them deliver on their mandates.

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FG To Cut FIRS’ N8.5tr Target - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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The Federal Government is revising the non-oil revenue projections, including various tax and customs receipts.
This means the 8.5 trillion naira target set for theFederal Inland Revenue Service FIRS will be slashed at the end of the review.
Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning,Zainab Ahmed made this known during her COVID-19 stimulus presentation inAbuja.
Already, the Director-General, Budget Office of theFederation,  Ben Akabueze has commencedwork on the review.
The proposed Amended Budget will provide for theCOVID-19 Crisis Intervention Fund and other adjustments required due to thedecline in international oil prices.
In the interim, the FIRS said it has set up a numberof measures to provide support to taxpayers in managing their tax obligationsas they are impacted by the coronavirus outbreak.


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FG To Cut N26bn Presidency Budget For Medical Centre, Travels, Others - SERAP - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 11, 2021
SERAP also called on President Muhammadu Buhari to send to the National Assembly a fresh supplementary appropriation bill, which reflects the reduced proposed spending.
Deputy Director of the group Kolawole Oluwadare, in the letter dated 9 October 2021 said many Nigerians will find it odd, unfair and unjust that the government is spending so much money on many of these items amidst a public borrowing crisis.
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FG To Decide On Hazard Allowance For Health Workers Next Week — Ngige - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 30, 2021
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige said this while speaking at the end of a meeting of the Presidential Committee on Salaries with the leadership of the Nigeria Medical Association NMA and its affiliates in Abuja.
The meeting deliberated on removal of NYSC doctors/interns from the Scheme of Service and the presentation by the Federal Ministry of Health and Office of the Head of Service of the Federation on the upward review of retirement age for medical/health workers.
Ngige said government had a good interface with the medical association, though the issue prolonged for nine months.
He described the review of the hazard allowance as part of the efforts of government to make people in the medical and health system happy and have confidence in the sector, thereby stemming the tide of brain drain.
Responding, the President of NMA, Innocent Ujah, noted that they made mistakes at the start of the discussion on the hazard allowances, but they were corrected, expressing happiness that things were going to move forward.

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FG To Direct Public Broadcasting Outfits To Priotise Disability Matters - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 18, 2020
TheFederal Government to mandate public broadcasting outfits to pay specialattention to issues that concern people living with disabilities.
Accordingto the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, thegovernment had directed the Humanitarian Ministry to work with the WomenAffairs Ministry towards prioritising issues affecting people livingdisabilities.
Bossspoke at the First Disability Champions Award Night, organised by the Centrefor Citizens with Disabilities, CCD.
Theaward night was organised after a week-long experience-sharing forum with themedia, diplomatic communities, committees of the National Assembly,Organisations of Persons with Disabilities, OPDs and Ministries Departments andAgencies, MDAs.
Theactivity is among many others lined up to commemorate the first yearanniversary of the passage of the Discrimination Against Persons withDisabilities Prohibitions Act 2018.
Inhis remarks, CCD Executive Director, David Anyaele, said the group, and nofewer than 25 million Nigerians, were anticipating the establishment of theNational Disability Commission and the full implementation of the law.

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FG To Eliminate Multiple Cargo, Passenger Examination - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 16, 2022
The Secretary to the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council PEBEC, Jumoke Oduwole, stated this in Abuja at a session on the Midway National Action Plan NAP 7.0.
The session is pivotal for the trajectory of the 7th iteration of the 60 days accelerator NAP 7.0, and updates on the progress of the non-agro and agro export plan.
Oduwole, who is also the Special Adviser to the President on Ease of Doing Business, said implementation of the Designated Export Warehouse DEW project would fast track the process.
She said this was necessary to enhance drastic reduction in the current time for export cargo examination as well as congestion at the terminals and create space for new containers.


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FG To Empower Youth Through Trans-National Border Markets - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 18, 2019
The Ministry ofIndustry, Trade and Investment has reiterated the commitment of the FederalGovernment to empower the youth through the establishment of the Trans-nationalborder markets across the country.
The Ministry’sPermanent Secretary Edet Akpan announced this at a meeting with officials ofNiger State Government and other relevant stakeholders on BabaanaTrans-National Border market in Abuja.
Akpan listed thebenefits to include job creation, wealth creation and integration of Nigerianeconomy to regional markets.
A statement by TheDeputy Director, Press and Public Relations Unit, Ibrahim Haruna in Abuja, saidthe project when completed would bring about benefits to the national policyobjectives.
The BabaanaTrans-national border market is a noble project which when completed will helpin achieving many national policy goals as well as regional and internationalgoals such as Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs.


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FG To End Petrol Subsidy June 2022, World Bank Condemns N2.9tn Funding - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 26, 2021
Its Country Director for Nigeria, Shubham Chaudhuri, who spoke on Monday at a panel session during the 27th National Economic Summit, said the country could channel the money being spent on subsidy to primary healthcare, basic education and rural roads.
Also speaking at the session, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said the Federal Government had made provision for petrol subsidy till the end of June next year.
The World Bank director, who likened Nigeria to a malnourished individual needing urgent treatment, said some critical decisions need to be made now for the country to realise its potential. The Chairman, Presidential Economic Advisory Council, Doyin Salami, said he had argued for a long time that subsidy really needed to go.

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FG To Establish 774 Farmer's Service Centres - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 29, 2019
The Federal Government says it will establish 774service centres for farmers across the country.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, SaboNanono said this during a town hall meeting with members of the All FarmersAssociations of Nigeria in Kano.
Thia is contain in a statement issued by the FederalMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Abuja.
Nanono said farmers would access improved seeds andother farm inputs from the centres.
He further stated that the government was workinghard to improve mechanised agriculture in Nigeria, as he noted that this wouldboost production and create jobs.
He said the introduction of mechanised farming wouldenable farmers to embrace modern technology, enhance self-reliance and boostfood production across the country.
He urged farmers to rise up to the challenge ofmeeting the expectation of government for the sector, adding that theadministration had a deliberate plan to attract investors and set up assemblyplants in Nigeria.

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FG To Establish Natural GAS Park At Ajaokuta Steel COY - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 26, 2024
The Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuaibu Audu, said this in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Lizzy Okoji, in Abuja.
The CNG is mainly composed of methane and primarily used as a substitute fuel for powering vehicles.
It is compressed to less than one per cent of the volume it occupies at standard atmospheric pressure.
President Bola Tinubu had approved the establishment of the Presidential CNG Initiative on August 18, 2023, as part of his palliative intervention aimed at cushioning the difficulties faced by Nigerians due to the removal of fuel subsidy.
The initiative aims to revolutionise transportation by deploying over 11,500 new CNG-enabled vehicles and providing 55,000 conversion kits for existing PMS-dependent vehicles.


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FG To Establish President Buhari N100m Technology Fund For Youth Empowerment - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 18, 2022
The fund targets 2,000 youths in the next two years, who will be provided with devices for training in different areas such as software development and design, amongst others.
Minister of Interior Rauf Aregbesola made this known during the inauguration of a Digital Nigeria Centre, a project executed by the Universal Service Provision Fund, an arm of NCC at Ilesa, Osun State.
Meanwhile, Aregbesola and his Communications and Digital Economy counterpart, Isa Ali Pantami have commended the Nigerian Communications Commission NCC for its commitment towards enhancing digital skills development among Nigerian youths.
Representing President Muhamadu Buhari at the event, Aregbesola commended NCC for the timely and thorough implementation of the project.
He reiterates that the project will promote the connection of public secondary schools to broadband internet in Ilesa community and ultimately equip beneficiaries with 21 century skills.

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FG To Evacuate Nigerians From China After Viral Video - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 11, 2020
Nigerian Embassy in Beijing says theFederal Government is now ready to evacuate its citizens from China.
This is coming following many viralvideos on social media showing scores of Nigerian students and businessmen inGuangzhou been evicted from their apartments and hotel rooms by Chineseauthorities.
Guangzhou is home to one of China’slargest African communities and has become a hub for African traders buying andselling goods to the continent.
The videos show the victimslamenting their inhumane treatments by the authorities, who they said have notprovided them with an alternative of food or shelter since their eviction.
Nigeria’s Minister of ForeignAffairs, Geoffrey Onyeama had on Thursday tweeted that he invited the ChineseAmbassador to Nigeria, Zhou Pingjian, to communicate Federal Government’sconcern at allegations of maltreatment of Nigerians in Guangzhou.


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FG To Generate N484bn From E-Payment Channels - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 11, 2022
This projection was made by the Budget Office of the Federation and revealed in its 2023 – 2025 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper.
The Electronic Money Transfer Levy was introduced in the Finance Act 2020, which amended the Stamp Duty Act to tap into the growth of electronic funds transfer in the nation.
It is a single, one-off charge of 50 naira on electronic receipt or transfer of money deposited in any deposit money bank or financial institution on any type of account on sums of 10,000 naira and above.
Revenue derived from the Electronic Money Transfer Levy is shared among the three tiers of government.


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FG To Generate N5bn From Fishery Concession Project - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 21, 2022
Acting Head, Media and Publicity of the commission Manji Yarling in a statement said project targets to boost fish exports, and ensure the rehabilitation and upgrade of the terminal and operation of fishing trawlers.
The Federal Executive Council, FEC had last week approved the rehabilitation of the Federal Fishery Coastal Terminal in Ebughu Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa-Ibom State as proposed by Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and domiciled therein.
The statement added that the brownfield project is to be carried out using the Finance, Rehabilitate, Operate, and Maintain Public-Private Partnerships PPP Model with Messrs Alfin Fisheries Limited as the concessionaire.
The move is part of the federal government’s efforts towards economic diversification, food security, and foreign exchange earnings among other benefits.

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FG To Give Direction To Foreign Donors On Nigeria’s Needs - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 27, 2019
TheMinister of Finance, Budget and National Planning Zainab Ahmed, says herministry will henceforth give direction to international donours on what thecountry requires.
Ahmedwho announced this at a maiden meeting with Directors and Heads of Units of theministry of Budget and National Planning in Abuja, explained that she wouldsoon convene a meeting with all foreign donors to present to them what Nigerianeeded.
TheMinister added that henceforth, no foreign donor should design a programme inthe name of assisting the country.
Ahmedalso directed her team at Budget and National Planning to begin anotherplanning process for the country as vision 2020 programme would soon elapse.
Sheenjoined relevant stakeholders involved to consult widely and come up with anational planning programme that could be run between ten and fifteen years.


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FG To Inaugurate National Plan For Financing Safe Schools In September - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 23, 2022
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning Zainab Ahmed, said this at a Stakeholders Forum on the National Plan for Financing Safe Schools in Abuja.
The minister was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Finance Shehu Shinkafi.
She said that the education sector was faced with insecurity and stressed the importance of the stakeholders’ forum.
The Chairman Steering Committee, Financing Safe Schools, Sanjo Faniran said the national plan would be owned by the federal, state and local governments and traditional and community leaders.
Also speaking, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education David Adejo, said the Safe School Initiative (SSI) was a programme established in 2014 following the abduction of about 300 girls from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno.


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FG To Inaugurate Transparency, Integrity Brigade - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 20, 2024
Special Assistant on Media to the minister, Ohaeri Joseph, made this known in a statement.
The minister stated this when the National Council of Traditional Rulers paid a courtesy visit to her office in Abuja.
Kennedy-Ohanenye said the inauguration would ensure transparency in initiatives, aimed at empowering women and other Nigerians in the distribution of industrial sewing machines, grinding machines and others.
The minister explained that the items had been distributed to Anambra, Kano, Rivers, Imo, Lagos, Oyo, Katsina, Gombe, kebbi, Adamawa, Ebonyi, Niger, Bayelsa, Benue and Jigawa.
The minister added that the Federal Government would also partner with the traditional council to improve the wellbeing of women and the vulnerable, especially at the community levels.

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FG To Increase Supervision Of DISCOs - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 2, 2019
The Federal Government says its representatives on the Board of Electricity Distribution Companies, DISCOs has been increased from one to two, to further supervise activities in the power sector.
The Head of Public Communications, Bureau of Public Enterprises, Amina Othman in a statement said that the decision was part of the Corporate Governance Structure review for DISCOs .
Othman said that henceforth, Core Investors willhave six directors and the BPE will have one director on the board.
She said that the change was done to grant the Core Investors sufficient control of the management and operations of the DISCOs.
Othman said that the agreement to formalise theincrease in the Federal Government’s representation on the Boards of the Discoswould be concluded and implemented on or before July 15, 2019.


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FG To Introduce Wage System For Workers - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 14, 2024
Director-General, National Productivity Centre NPC, Nasir Raji-Mustapha, said this in Abuja.
He said this during an interactive session with Labour Correspondents Association of Nigeria.
He, however, said that the centre was collaborating with the  organised labour to ensure that they support and contribute their inputs to the new proposal for a productivity-led wage system.
He said that the report for the first phase of the study was ready, adding that the next stage would be to engage stakeholders to consider and make inputs before presentation to the federal government for its consideration and adoption. He added that the centre was collaborating with international agencies and organisations to ensure that productivity and skills of Nigerian workers are greatly improved to impact positively on the economy


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FG To Launch National Campaign Against Ritual Killings - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 22, 2022
The Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed said this in Abuja, during a media visit to Daily Trust Newspaper.
He said the federal government was alarmed by the escalating incidents of ritual murders across the country among young persons, driven by the urge to get rich at all cost.
He said the National Orientation Agency NOA was already collaborating with religious and traditional organisations as well as non-governmental organisations to forge behavioural change, especially among the youth, some of whom are afflicted by the get-rich-quick syndrome.
The minister said he had also directed the National Film and Video Censors Board to take the issue of regulation of Nollywood movies featuring money rituals in some of its movies into consideration while performing its role of censoring and classifying films and videos.

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PresidentMuhammadu Buhari has approved wide ranging reforms in the broadcastingindustry, including the licensing of online radio and television stations.
Informationand Culture, Minister of Lai Mohammed announced this in Abuja, when he receivedmembers of the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria, BON on a courtesy visit.
Mohammedwas responding to a request made by BON for the review of the BroadcastingCode, adding that government is committed to repositioning the sector.
TheMinister, who promised to carry along members of BON in the review of theBroadcasting Code, restated the commitment of the present administration to afree media. He also appealed to BON to partner with the government in thepromotion of peaceful co-existence and cohesion in order to engender progressand national development.
Inhis remarks, the Acting Chairman of BON, Godfrey Ohuabunwa said that there-appointment of the Minister was commendable because he brought life andgreat innovation to the broadcast industry during the first tenure of theadministration.


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FG To Lift 35m People Out Of Poverty, Create 21m New Jobs Through NDP - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 11, 2022
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, who said this in Abuja, added that the investment is expected to result in Nigeria achieving improved competitiveness of the economy with a Gross Development Product growth of five to six per cent.
The federal and state governments as well as the private sector will fund the plan, with an investment size of 348.1 trillion naira.
The funders from the public sector will contribute 49.7 trillion naira; subnational will contribute 20.1 trillion naira, while 29.6 trillion naira will come from the Federal Government.
The private sector is projected to contribute 298.3 trillion naira to funding the Plan.
She further explained that the sectoral composition in the NDP 2021-2025 includes economic growth and development, infrastructure, public administration, human capital development, social development, regional development and plan implementation, communication, financing, monitoring and evaluation.

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FG To Prioritise Satellite Technology To Advance National Dev’t – Keyamo - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 7, 2024
Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Technology, Festus Keyamo, stated this at the inauguration of the 28th Meeting of the AFI Satellite Network Management Committee, in Abuja.
According to Keyamo, satellite technology offers myriad of solutions to address complex needs of the nation’s aviation sector from enhancing air traffic management systems to improving weather forecasting capabilities.
He said that aviation has been identified as an enabler of growth, considering its role as a catalyst for economic growth and security of the nation as regards its benefits.
The ministry, he said, launched an ambitious agenda to develop the aviation and aerospace sector in the country.
According to him, the ministry aims to create a safe, efficient, and sustainable aviation system that supports economic growth, job creation and national security.


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FG To Priotise Creative Industry Commercialisation In 2020 – Lai Mohammed - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 24, 2019
The Federal Government says as the nation heads intothe year 2020, the successful commercialisation of the Creative industry willbe its number one priority.
The Minister of Information and Culture, LaiMohammed, said this in Lagos at the 6th All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA.
AFRIMA is an annual awards event established by theInternational Committee of AFRIMA in collaboration with African Union to rewardand celebrate musical works, talents and creativity around the continent.
The minister said creative industrycommercialisation would create jobs, reduce crime, be a major source of foreignexchange and reduce the nation’s dependence on oil.
Mohammed added that it would rebrand the countryinternationally and boost Gross Domestic Product.
Mohammed said that the government would alsoprioritise the commercialisation of the digital economy.
He said that besides making data cheaper, it wouldensure that owners of content make more money from the use of their works.

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